Andrew Sarcophagus by Demonika
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Description
The story:
Within the area of my habitation are several species of domestic feline. My son, aged four, has been studying these felines and has classified/named them as such.
1) Safety Puss.
A small cat of polite nature, slightly wary and wears a yellow neon reflective collar.
We believe this is because he organises meetings with other cats in the neighbourhood to discuss important matters of health & safety such as the correct manner in which to cross the road, how to avoid violent confrontations with dogs and personal hygeine maintenance for beginners and or kittens.
2) Nasty Orange Cat.
An extremely large tom cat who dislikes human contact and prefers instead to stare at people while he marks his territory, profusely.
He bit our cat in the foot for no apparent reason and therefore we don't like him.
3) Fluffy Cat.
Lives next door and used to be an incredibly cute kitten. Is amazingly fluffy and nests in a bush in the garden, lined with her own fur.
Rather shy but not averse to sneaking in through our catflap and eating our cat's food. Is a ruthless killer of anything feathered or squeaky. Attempted to eat a Seagull I was training to fly.
4) BIG Cat.
A very large, elderly tabby cat that also lives next door. He's very mysterious and doesn't like going outside. He can occasionally be glimpsed through the curtains, sitting on the windowsill.
5) Styx.
Our cat. He's beautiful, elegant, extremely long and agile. Is the cat equivalent of a moody teenage goth with an attitude problem.
He likes jumping on the trampoline in the garden when it rains.
6) Black Fluffy Cat.
Another fluffy cat who lives up the road. I borrowed him for a couple of hours one evening before we owned Styx because I missed having a cat in the house.
When we got Styx, Black Fluffy Cat was BAD and he hit Styx and kept coming in the catflap. All the time. Every day. He stopped that after I introduced him to a cheap water pistol.
Which brings me to.
6) Soft Puss.
On the way to my son's Nursery we often encounter some of the above mentioned cats.
One day my partner collected Daniel from Nursery and they came back very excited with stories of the softest cat in the world.
His fur was a whisper of cobwebs, a single silk sigh, a satin dream of soft lovliness.
I said "Meh!" because I didn't believe them.
Then one night on the way back from the shops I met Soft Puss and discovered that my partner and son had only slightly exaggerated. The fur of Soft Puss was very soft indeed.
As it was raining and Soft Puss was following me home, making a noise which sounded very like "meeeelk" I took pity on him and invited him into our humble domicle for a small bowl of Milk.
The fat bugger hasn't left since. And he bites, even though he looks really small, cute and innocent.
So he now lives with us and my son named him Andrew Softpuss which then turned into Andrew Sarcophagus due to a comedy hearing error on my Father's part.
This picture is of the aforementioned cat in the "I look really sweet but if you touch me I'll rip your stinking fingers off" position.
It took an extremely long time to do but was fun as it's been an extremely useful lesson in fur painting for me.
Paintshop Pro, Photoshop, Wacom, 12 Hours, 3 Diet Cokes, 1 Hot Chocolate and 2 Pieces of Toast with Butter & Honey.
Comments (28)
Erasor
Funny Story, Terrific painting as usual. I love the subject matter too.
Mahray
I love the detail, especially in the fur. Another great work :)
dido6
LOVE THIS and all the cat decriptions!! This is wonderful. Beautiful painting!! :) I always like how you add how many cokes and things these take you. Wonderful!!!
SophiaDeer
Excellent painting!! He is gorgeous and I like his ears vote
Belladzines
He is so cute!!!!
dadamson
WHat beautiful kitty!!!
FluffyAnna
He does look extremely soft! My cat adopts a similar position when she is in the mood for a tussle (usually with my hand). The image is very very beautiful and your story is delightful.
Debs
I absolutely love it!! And i love the cat tales,seems that all ginger cats are of the same nature.You have captured a cat "moment" beautifully vote
Mondwin
splendid and beauty work!!!delightful imge!!!bravo!vote!:DDD
Lledeline
Wonderful work
spacy
SOooow CUTE I lOVE it!
HorseFlesh
very nice work!I'm really impressed!
zoku01
Andrew Sarcophagus!!! LOL! That is just too funny! Always incredible artwork with great detail...Just wanna go and rub his tummy is he would let me.
i-popba
Wowww..!!! Excellent work...! beautiful capture and mood...love it..!!
Danava
That is AWESOME! I don't know which I enjoyed more, the painting, or the feline classification which accompanied it. Seriously, it's very special, and thank you for sharing it with us.
monoceroo
Cute kitty, impressive image. Excellent!
tony_br22
hello, masterful work of art.. super realistic how you painted that animal and fur .. fantastic!!!
SamTherapy
I'd give this any amount of votes for the sheer perfection in describing cats. It ain't too terrible a painting, too. Jemima often sprawls like that and I keep well away from her at those times. And, oh yeah, it's not a bad painting, either. And did I say you did a half decent job of the picture? :) You got a vote too. And why not, as Barry Norman would say.
j-art
what shall i say other than - you are a pretty amazing artist - i am absolutely impressed by your extremely skillful work!!! - WOW - keep up your wonderful work for us all to enjoy - you are such an outstanding talent....
CatatonicCadaver
Lol oh that is so funny, lol such a wonderful story and painting, so real looks like a still photo wonderful job, for only 3 diet cokes i think I would have consumed a case of mt dew by then :P
Mel3d
this is wonderful and so cute!congrats :)
msebonyluv
This is amazing!! Excellent painting!!
escafeld
Excellent! I have no idea how this is done in Paintshop Pro or Photoshop. I have never explored the possibility. Is it the manipulation of a photograph in a program by one of its processes, by overdrawing on top of an image, or drawing from scratch? I can draw a little by hand and vector draw in Corel Draw, but I would love to do this.
boysenberri
This is a very lovely picture the fur looks so real and soft. Reminds me of my own cat, she is extremely soft and fluffy too. Well done this is a beautiful painting.
SaintFox
I know all these cats, I swear! I even own a black gothic teenager tom cat myself, running around like crazy right now without control over his little cat-breaks - and he slips into the sideboard. And when I laugh and point at him now, he will will go and tease the cat with the softest fur in the world ;o) Oh, yes, the image: You caught this moment perfectly. If one would reach out now to touch this fluffy kitten it will behave like a clasp knife - and it will enjoy this a lot!
blacq_nyght_vampyre
C'est magnifique! Very Excellent!!!!!! Sorry for the late comment... but I just now saw this!! Awesome.
altopower50
I absolutely adore this kitty - soft, touchable fur, wise eyes. Gorgeous :)
ACS-001
Excellent painting, and a subject near to my heart. I've lived with cats all my life; my parents had two when I was born, and about three years later we adopted two kittens who were living in the basement of the house we were building. When the two older cats died, we got two more because four seemed the most comfortable number. This was disproven when my mom's friend's cat had babies, and we agreed to take two of them. Six is even better than four -- and both the kittens are Soft Pusses!